1.   The stencils are sold to companies which use them to produce semiconductor chips.

2.   Analysts said they suspect that DRAM makers around the world are producing more chips than users need right now.

3.   At the same time, analysts worry that too many new plants will begin producing chips in the next two years, at the same time demand may decline.

4.   Affymetrix has already produced chips programmed to detect the activity of human genes.

5.   But there are trees, like the weeping willow, whose seeds will reliably produce chips off the old block.

6.   Digital would continue to own intellectual property rights for the chip, allowing Intel only to license the rights and produce the chip, they said.

7.   Digital would continue to own patents for Alpha, allowing Intel only to license the rights and produce the chip, they said.

8.   Engineers have long planned to produce such chips, but the Texas discovery means the devices will be a lot less expensive for manufacturers and consumers.

9.   For several years, IBM fought Intel by producing PowerPC chips.

10.   Gross margin is the percentage of revenue left after the costs of producing chips.